Table 1

Characteristics and depression rating scores of patients with psychotic depression who responded to fluvoxamine monotherapy





Pretreatment score
 Post-treatment score





Patient
 Gender (F/M)
 Age, years
 Age at onset, years
 Duration of illness
 HAM-D
 BPRS
 HAM-D
 BPRS
Case 1
 F
 72
 72
 6 weeks
 34
 66
 7 (3 weeks)
 22 (3 weeks)
Case 2
 F
 54
 54
 10 weeks
 42
 77
 9 (6 weeks)
 32 (6 weeks)
Case 3
 M
 67
 67
 6 weeks
 45
 73
 5 (17 days)
 26 (17 days)
Case 4
 F
 60
 60
 7 weeks
 35
 69
 6 (3 weeks)
 22 (3 weeks)
Case 5
 F
 62
 62
 8 weeks
 45
 80
 5 (4 weeks)
 22 (4 weeks)

BPRS = Brief Psychotic Rating Scale; HAM-D = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.

Furuse and Hashimoto Annals of General Psychiatry 2009 8:26   doi:10.1186/1744-859X-8-26
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